The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-21

uonpteuly be times when NAV
rave ave occasion to communicate with you.
Ineie rs no one who more fully appreciates the
Ietlflng gentleman than / do myself, and only
trust mat when my duties as executive shall
CLOSE VIII carry with me the record, esteem and
Eoou wishes or the chief executive OF the United
oGaGes, which / know my predecessor will carry
WIN aim into private life. I thank you for
your attention and trust. considering the deli
cacy OF the occasion, that you will excuse me
from making any further remarks.
The following bills were introduced in the
council:
Regulating grain warehouses and inspection,
weighing and handling grain aud defining the
duties of the railroad and warehouse commits
sion in relation thereto; providing for the TAXA
tlon OF persons, copartnership, associations, car
Ioanlng companies, sleeping car companies, cor
porations and fast freight lines engaged in NOV
Ing cars over any Of the railroads in the terri
tory and not being exclusively the property of q
company paying taxes on gross receipts; by Mr..
Collins. creating a board OF railroad and ware
mousse commissioners and for the regulation Of
common carriers 1.-THE provisions of which APP
peared In the PIONEER PRESS some weeks ago);
creating the office Of public examiner and detin-
Ing his duties and dividing the territory into two
examiner divisions: empowering organized coun-
Ties TO issue and sell bonds to provide funds
20 pay the principal and interest of county in
dehtedness; amending chapter 40, acts of the
hfteenth general assembly, relating to the re-
gents OF the North Dakota university, and en-
PIONEERING them to establish professional or other
colleges or departments; by Mr.. Mead, a memo
rial for the passage of the Dawes Sioux reserva-
ton bill; by. Griesby, to legalize an election
held in the city OF Sioux Falls, Feb. l6, 1886,
for determining the question of issuing bonds.
NEW MODE OF LISTING PROPERTY.
BY Dir. Hughes, for an act to prescribe q mode
for listing, assessing, levying and, collecting
taxes and for other purposes.
This bill does not materially enlarge the
enumeration OF classes Of property subject
to taxation, but more definitely prescribes
rnnfHlpfin~o g. o.
ough listing Of every thing which should be
taxed, and will practically add at least 25
per cent to taxable property which can be
reached IL also, more fully than anything
which the territory has previously had, pro
yidcs for very full checks and accountings
by all officers connected with the collection
and handling of funds. The bill is not a
radical departure from the law which has
heretofore been in force, but it will be a
vast Improvement upon the existing stat
ute, in that it will supply many omissions
and correct antiquities which nave made it
difficult to administer the current law.
The bill contains many provisions of the
present law, and some points sug-
gested by the tax commission appointed
in 1888, to which are added the best feat
ures of the revenue system of various states,
together with points which Mr.. Hughes ex-
p~erience has demonstrated to be necessary,
and suggestions made by auditor Caldwell
in his report. The general classification of
property subject TO taxation and also ex-
emptions, therefore, are practically the same
as in the old law.
Bills introduced in the mouse.
BY Gilbert, providing for the appointment and
TO prescribe the duties of a public examiner for
shA ~ Ns Iu VI aoa a.
June j the time when the taxes for 1886 shall
be delinquent; by MI. Elliott, providing for the
establishment OF a board OF railroad commits
sioners, amending the existing law, increasing
the powers of the board and providing penalties
for obstructing the commissioners in their
duties; also, hat mo railroad company shall
charge or receive from any person a higher rate
per ton per mile for one car load of freight than
for = greater number Of car loads.
On motion Of Mr.. Fletcher, the committee
on rules was instructed to report as one of
the standing committees q committee to be
known ar the committee on temperance.
Mr.. Fletcher will introduce a bill providing
for local option and make a strong effort to
secure its passage. Miss c. A. Gray was ap.
pointed official stenographer of the house.
THE BILL
Mr.. Hughes bill for regulating grain ware
houses. eLc., provides:
II designates the railroad commission an a
railroad and warehouse commission, and makes
it the duty of me commission to supervise hand
ling. inspecting, weighing aud storage Of
rules and regulations. All elevators or
warehouses in which grain is handled Or stored
houses. 1t requires that they be licensed and
bonds given for their operation according to
law. and that their receipts be negotiable and
NOT limited. The commission is to es-
to be known as Dakota grades
The warehouse rates Of charges for
handling and storage are to be subject to the
lished and be equal and just. The bill provides
careful regulations regarding the issue of tickets
and the general transaction of grain storage
business. and particularly prohibits d~iscriui2a-
tien. Failure to comply with the law Will SUBJ
ject the warehouseman to fine and imprison-
ment and revocation Of license.
Two bills were introduced In the council
proposing to create the office of public ex-
aminer-one by Mr.. Hughes and the other by
DR.. Collins. The first proposes one Office for
all the territory. The other provides for two
exaIniners-one for Southern and the other
tor Northern Dakota.
THE COUNCIL.
At the opening OF the council Mr.. GAL
loway presented a petition from a number
of ministers for q stringent marriage license
law. Mr.. Bogart presented a similar petit
tion. Bills introduced:
BY Hughes accompanied by q memorial. for
establishing a Dakota experimental farm: pro-
viding For the support OF INDECENT soldiers and
! sailors and their families. BY DR.. Galloway, reg
ulasing the solemnization of marriage: regulat-
ing the practice OF pharmacy and licensing drug
gists. BY MIR. McCumber, extending the time
wAen taxes shall become delinquent. to provide
for the maintenance of volunteer fire companies.
BY Mr.. Dodge, appropriating for the support OF
the fire department part Of the tax paid by nre
insurance companies on premiums received In
the place where the department. Is located. By
Mr.. Foster, authorizing the organization OF so
cieties for mutual protection against larcenies
of live stock: relating TO county t-easurers. and
prescribing their duties, fees and salaries.
The president announced the standing
committees as follows:
Judiciary, Hughes, Dodge, Grigsbv, McCnm-